Progress 01/01/23 to 12/31/23
Outputs Target Audience:Our target audiences are other research scientists and rangeland managers. Changes/Problems:We are a year behind schedule (due to COVID) but otherwise, there are no major problems. No changes have been made either. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?One graduate student will make this project a key part of their dissertation. He has mentored an undergraduate as well. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?We will collect year 2 data for the planned experiment. And perhaps publish a paper on a side project conducted by the undergraduate.
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
We began the first year of the drought recovery experiment in 2023. A graduate student and undergrad worked on the project. All data were collected as planned. We are still in the process of processing and analyzing the 2023 data. Clear differences in productivity and soil N are evident. We also wrote a review paper that included a section on drought recovery.
Publications
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Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Knapp, A.K., K.V. Condon, C.C. Folks, M.A. Sturchio, R.J. Griffin-Nolan, S.A. Kannenberg, A.S. Gill, O.L. Hajek, J. A. Siggers and M.D. Smith. 2024. Field experiments have enhanced our understanding of drought impacts on terrestrial ecosystems but where do we go from here? Functional Ecology 38:7697.
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Progress 01/01/22 to 12/31/22
Outputs Target Audience:Our target audiences are other research scientists and rangeland managers. Changes/Problems:Except for starting the project later than anticipated (due to COVID), there should be no other changes. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?One graduate student has been preparing to begin the project. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?The first growing season of our planned treatments and measurements will beginin May 2023. We plan to make the measurements as outlined in our proposal.
Impacts What was accomplished under these goals?
We had to delay the project start due to COVID-19. This last year, we collected pretreatment data and we will beginthe planned experimental treatments this spring (2023). We have recruited students and we are preparing for field work to begin.
Publications
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